Chord transcription by Francois Couture, fcouture@abacom.com
In addition to chords, the piano follows the lead melody, but I will let you
figure out those notes for yourselves.
C Dm
Willie, what can I say to you
G F
to hold true in your changing life?
C Dm
You've come into a cruel world;
G F
little girls can lose their way in the growing night...
C F C F
I hope you'll be alright.
C Dm
Willie, try to stay a child sometime,
G F
for as long as you feel you can learn.
C Dm
Babies all turn to people
Gm F Am Cm7 D
and people can really be strange;
G Gmaj7 E F
they change and, changing, bring pain.
Bm
Try to treat your parents well because they care,
Em
and what more can you do?
C#m
When you find your lovers, be good to them
C
as you hope they'll be to you -
G Am Am7
be honest,
F Dm
be true.
C Dm
Willie, you are the future;
G F
all our lives, in the end are in your hands.
C Dm
Life's hard now; you know it gets harder
G F
and hope is but a single strand:
C
we pass it on and hope you'll understand....
(instr. section)
C F Dm G
Em C Fsus2 Csus2
C F C F
Bm
We know that we do it wrong,
Em
we're not so strong and not so sure at all;
C#m
groping in our blindness,
C#m
we may seem big now but, really, we're so
C G Am G
small and alone and searching for a home
F Dm
in the night.
C Dm
Meanwhile you're still a baby;
G
you'll be a lady soon enough
F
and then you will feel the burn.
C Dm
So hold my words: people all turn to children,
Gm F Am Cm7 D
spiteful children, and they're really so cruel,
G
cruel fools!
Gmaj7 E F
Just follow your own rules...
C C
don't think that I'm silly, Willie,
C C C
if I say I hope that there is hope for you.